TCC

This coffee had won 2nd place in Singapore Barista Championship 2009. I was in fact deceived by the visual on placard, the size of the cup looked bigger on picture than the actual size served to me. The drink is an enhanced version of espresso coffee, first sip gave a touch of caramel and aroma of vanilla, second sip gave the taste of bitterness. Whatever , the award winning coffee still failed to win my heart, the new mixture taste just simply too robust that lost the character of quality coffee.

Sin Ho Sin Restaurant

Sin Ho Sin Restaurant has growth from a stall in a coffee shop to now 3 storey outlets situated at entrance of Tiong Bahru Road. We ordered Yu-Sheng, Signature braised pork belly, crispy chicken, fried veggie and mee suan.

Basing on a coffee shappy enviroment, the dishes charged are at the pricey side, moreover, the portion served wasn't a lot to make it worth.

As for the taste, my palate didnt has much expection at this restaurant, could only rate it average, is not a must try outlet.

Two Chefs Eating Place

MY PC was down few weeks, I had missed weeks to share my CNY gourmet experiences.

This year, we changed our venue for reunion dinner to Two Chefs Eating Place. Although I made 3 weeks advance reservation, only managed to reserve for 9 pm slot. Luckily, we made the right deicsion to have our dinner at 9 pm , my family and myself were still very full when we reached at the eatery, we had our lunch at 3 pm, and begun eating continously will 6 pm. Our tummmies filled with CNY food....

We had more than 8 auspicious dishes at the eatery, depsite the crowd, the waiting time not too long, service was prompt, food served hot, and the price came out to be surpisingly pocket friendly during CNY eve. Total Bill: $168 for 7 paxs

Sharkfins With Scallops & Crabmeat

Gave generous portion of chunks of sharkfins

VegetableW dried Scallop, Mushroom

Veggie was not over-cooked.

Fried Prawn served w Mayonnaise

Thumbed up for this, tested the skill of the chef that the shrimps were hot inside , yet the mayonnaise sauce melted and blended with the shrimps at right temperature.

Marmite Sparerib

Well marinated,with robust taste of marmite .

Boss @ Vivo City

Boss @ Vivo city gives your a very cosy feeling the moment you stepped into the restaurant. Their service is excellent that they literally attached one server to each table, but that came with a price. Be prepare to pay more here, the minimum charges for a plate of Tim Sum starting from $4 . My return to the restaurant mainly attracted by the Signature Custard Bun. The bun filled with golden and yet juicy custard mixed with salted egg yolk, the filling flowed out the bun when tearing the bun . $6 for 3 small custard Buns.

Famous custard bun.... one bit could made golden juice splashing out.

This afternoon was my second visit West lake Restaurant @ Queen Road, indeed the Kong Ba Bao made me drooled , lured me for my return. Its Chinese New Year ! Season of eat eat eat! Season of gorge gorge gorge ! Our main objective to here surely for LOI HEI ! The food was tasty , portions were large that we had left over . Our dishes ; Yu Sheng, Kong Ba Bao, deep fried salted chicken, salted egg with beancurd, fried sambal long bean, prawn roll.

Chilli Padi was another restaurant highly recommended by Channel 8 food show "Buffet Buffet" aired last month. Had made several trips there to try our luck but usually effort came to nought. Full House ! Finally, our taste able to savour Nonya food at $8.80 per person for kueh, laska and coffee.... but for the small price we were paying, we could only find a main course which was laksa, few varieties of Nonya kueh, 2 -3 items of hot snack plus hot drink.

Taste of the food was passable that couldnt give me the wow factors, the laksa was rather creamy and robust with strong aroma of coconut but still lack of the unique taste of perankan laksa.

Overall, at the price paid for, we should we be complacement with the food served ?

Hog Breath Cafe

Hog breath café ,begins known for its quality steak, sad to say my visit to Vivo city branch was truly an disappointment. Sat at hidden corner behind Daiso Japanese mart with Australia country style design, gave diners cowboy dining experience. The services here was suck, that we waited for more than 15 minutes for our order to be taken, no complimentary ice water, the soup served with the main course…. ....

Food wise, I ordered natural steak (lite cut) a smaller portion that was just nice for me, the steak wasn’t that wonderful, chunk of fats on the piece of steak, not juicy, overall the steak taste no different with those at hawker centre. Why did I pay $27 ++ for such quality of beef ?